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Last updated on 2019-11-12.

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Amy Gill

My career goals are to advance personalized cancer therapy with data-driven systems biology and improve quantitative biology education resources. I currently seek a doctoral program to enhance my bioinformatics skills, practice teaching and perform patient-centered research.

Education

M.A.T., Secondary Education - Biology

National-Louis University

Chicago, IL

2016 - 2015

M.S., Cancer Biology

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

2015 - 2011

B.A., Biological Sciences, Chemistry

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

2011 - 2007

Research Experience

Pathology Research Technician

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

2019 - 2017

  • Developed and analyzed custom mouse models of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in the Wu laboratory.
  • Produced high-titer CRISPR-Cas9 lentivirus. Purified and transduced hematopoietic stem cells for transplant into immunodeficient mice.
  • Developed and executed flow cytometry protocols to classify B cell lineages, track CLL progression, enrich for HSCs, and distinguish donor and recipient cells va the CD45 system.

Research Technician

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

2017 - 2016

  • Studied zebrafish development to investigate the homology between fish fins and tetrapod digits in the Shubin lab.
  • Performed summer and weekend (part-time) zebrafish husbandry and genotyping of CRISPR-generated Hoxa13a/Hoxa13b double mutant fish.

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

2014 - 2011

  • Investigated the role of Blimp1 (PRDM1) in radiogenic stress response to analyze its role in protection from radiogenic breast cancer in the Onel/Cunningham lab.
  • Demonstrated that Blimp1 primary transcript, mRNA and protein expression increase after IR exposure; designed Blimp1 shRNAs and inducible overexpression vectors and transduced cell lines.
  • Performed proteomic analysis of cytarabine chemotherapy response in lymphoblastoid cells using microwestern arrays (MWAs) in the Jones lab.

Undergraduate Researcher

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

2011 - 2007

  • Studied the cellular uptake of VO(acac)2 to analyze its application as a contrast agent in PET scans in the Makinen lab. Demonstrated that VO(acac)2 enters the cell via the reduced folate carrier (RFC) protein using Western blots and RFC inhibitors.
  • Analyzed epigenetic differences in high-risk versus low-risk neuroblastoma cell lines and tumors with bisulfite sequencing in the Cohn lab.

Peer-reviewed Publications

Posters and Presentations

  • The role of PRDM1 in protection against radiogenic breast cancer. Oral presentation, Dept. Pediatric Hem/Onc, UChicago (2014).
  • The role of Blimp1 in protection against ionizing radiation in breast cells. Poster, Biomedical Sciences Retreat, UChicago (2014).
  • Systems analysis of cytarabine response and resistance in hematopoietic cells. Poster, Biomedical Sciences Retreat, UChicago (2013).

Teaching Experience

Lead Content Developer, Data Science Professional Program

HarvardX

Cambridge, MA

2020 - 2019

Science Lab Coordinator

Adlai E. Stevenson High School

Lincolnshire, IL

2017 - 2016

  • Prepared laboratory chemicals and materials, tested and improved protocols, and maintained laboratory equipment for 49 high school science teachers with 4000+ students.
  • Updated labs to incorporate modern scientific techniques, probeware, and inquiry-based principles into the high school curriculum.
  • Tutored homebound students for biology, chemistry, and anatomy/physiology and offered private science tutoring.

Teaching Assistant

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

2014 - 2009

  • Assisted with numerous undergraduate and 1st year PhD graduate courses.
  • Prepared and taught weekly review sessions and exam preparation sessions, helped write exams, graded assignments and exams, fielded student questions, held office hours, and tutored students 1:1.
  • Courses: Endocrinology/Cell Signaling (4x), Biological Systems, Protein Fundamentals, and Cancer Biology Grant Writing